Minimum configuration requirements for a Linux partition

Learn about configuration requirements for Linux® on IBM® eServer™ hardware systems.

To use features that require logical partitions on an IBM eServer OpenPower™ system, you need the appropriate Advanced POWER™ Virtualization technologies activated in your system's HMC.

Each Linux logical partition on an IBM eServer hardware system requires the following minimum hardware resources.

Minimum processor requirements

1 dedicated processor or 0.1 processing unit

Minimum memory requirements

128 MB

Minimum I/O requirements

Parent topic: Minimum hardware configuration requirements for logical partitions
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